Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Dovecote
Castletown (kenry By.), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown (kenry By.)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.64709, -8.89893
- SMR number
- LI003-008002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The 1654-56 Civil Survey of Limerick there was on the lands of Islandmore [Castletown] belonging to Major General Sir Hardress Waller ‘a ruinous Castle [LI003-008001-], sixteene cottages a pigeon house, one orchard and one weare seate on the River of Shanen’ (Simington 1938, 353). The precise location of this dovecote within the townland of Castletown has not been identified, it was presumably located in close proximity to the medieval castle. The castle of Castletown Waller, which was besieged in 1642, was located, according to Westropp (1906-7, 157), in the immediate vicinity of Castletown Manor. This house was demolished in 1935 (Spellissy 1989, 241). There is now no standing remains at the site of either the castle or the house.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 12 May 2020
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1938 The civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IV: county of Limerick, with a section of Clanmaurice barony Co. Kerry. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Westropp, T.J. 1906-7 The ancient castles of the county of Limerick. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 26, 54-264.
Spellissy, S 1989 Limerick The Rich Land. Ennis. O'Brien Publishers
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.